OR, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. 45 



THE SUNNY SOUTH. 



GREAT mistake think our fathers made, 

 Kaised their sons without work or trade, 

 Raised as gentlemen, were not prepared, 

 If had been trained, had better fared. 



In those evil times that were in store, 

 In the troubles that tried them sore, 

 They felt the keener that distress. 

 Consequent upon their idleness. 



Were taught in honor — that was well ; 

 But that alone doth not propel ; 

 They learned aptly how to spend. 

 This was their trouble in the end. 



Wrong idea of the old time South, 

 Thus a noble generation was lost ; 



111 prepared to meet and grapple, 

 They have learned at heavy cost. 



The world was not made in a day. 



Takes longer to make a nation, 

 And blood that tells take time to breed, 



Must have culture and recreation. 



The works of time may be impaired. 

 Noblest monument may be marred, 



The grand old oak may be despoiled. 

 And its rootlets all be scarred. 



